Resident Member; but his associates never had the pleasure of seeing him at a meeting, as he died on the 4th of February. In his death the Society lost one whose place it will be hard to fill. Respectfully submitted,

APRIL 15, 1869.

SAMUEL A. GREEN, Librarian.

The Cabinet-keeper's Report.

The Cabinet-keeper of the Massachusetts Historical Society submits the following report for the year ending April 15th. During the year, the Cabinet of the Society has received accessions from Messrs. Deane, Green, Whitmore, and Winthrop, of the Resident Members; from Mr. Grigsby, a Corresponding Member; and from Messrs. G. C. Burgess, A. W. Corliss, G. W. Pearson, H. Powers, G. T. Sproat, C. L. Whitman, F. A. Whitney, Miss A. L. Pierce, and the Building Committee of the First Church in Boston.

Among the most interesting of these accessions are the bust of Mr. George Peabody, by Powers, given by the President of the Society; framed photographs of the Old Brick or First Church in Boston, and of the First Church in Chauncy Street; a photograph of Daniel Webster, from an early daguerreotype; a collection of one hundred and forty-two engraved portraits of distinguished men of France of the last century; photographs of Benjamin Franklin, Adolphe de Circourt, and the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund; and an engraved portrait of Peter Stuyvesant.

The identification, by Mr. George Arnold, of the portrait of Thomas Hutchinson, now hanging in the Society's upper room, as the original portrait by Truman, presented to the Society by Peter Wainwright, Jr., deserves special mention, as for many years another portrait has been supposed to be the original, and has been engraved as such.

The Cabinet-keeper cannot refrain from expressing the conviction, that valuable additions to the Cabinet might be made,

were there proper accommodation for them, so that they could be arranged for the inspection of members and others; and, following the example of his predecessors for some years past, he urges the matter on the consideration of the Society.

Respectfully submitted,

BOSTON, April 15, 1869.

HENRY G. DENNY, Cabinet-keeper.

Mr. LINCOLN, from the Committee appointed to nominate candidates for the offices of the Society, after stating that the Hon. John C. Gray had declined to serve again as Vice-President, presented the following list: :

This list of officers was adopted by the Society for the ensu ing year.

Mr. LINCOLN offered the following, which was unanimously adopted.

Voted, That the thanks of the Society be presented to the Hon. John C. Gray, Vice-President, and to Dr. Eliot, and W. C. Endicott, Esq., retiring members of the Standing Committee, for the interest they have manifested, and the valuable services they have rendered, in promoting the objects of the Society.

Professor WASHBURN announced the Memoir of Levi Lincoln as ready for publication.